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2000 Stories by Harry Weber

• Dance Close-up 2000: Alumni Celebration

  published September 20, 2000

  For several years now -- ever since Mary-Jean Cowell has headed Washington University's dance program -- the St. Louis professional-dance season... More >>

• Everything's Ducky

  published September 13, 2000

  The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis opened its 34th season last weekend with an exceptional production of a new musical, Everything's Ducky.... More >>

• High Society

  published August 2, 2000

  High Society was one of the last big Hollywood musicals, and it lets you see why the genre became passé. Yes, the songs in the show... More >>

• The Matchmaker

  published August 2, 2000

  Thornton Wilder's farcical comedy The Matchmaker premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 1954 and opened on Broadway in 1955, both... More >>

• The Curious Savage

  published July 26, 2000

  Because John Patrick's 1951 play The Curious Savage takes place in an asylum, you really can't call it a drawing-room comedy -- "dayroom... More >>

• Our Town

  published July 26, 2000

  Our Town, Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is one of 20th-century America's dramatic masterpieces. It both creates the... More >>

• Così fan tutte

  published July 19, 2000

  Union Avenue Opera Theatre's first production of the summer, Mozart's Così fan tutte, is splendid everywhere, so rush to call the... More >>

• South Pacific

  published July 12, 2000

  Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville's Summer Showbiz production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning operetta, South... More >>

• The Tale of Genji

  published June 21, 2000

  The Tale of Genji, a new opera by Minoru Miki with a libretto by Colin Graham, premiered Thursday, the fourth and last of Opera Theatre of... More >>

• Hair

  published June 14, 2000

  New Line Theatre's production of Hair, which opened last weekend in the A.E. Hotchner Drama Studio on the Washington University campus, may pull... More >>

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

  published May 10, 2000

  For the last offering of its 1999-2000 season, Washington University's Ovations! Series presented the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis' celebrated... More >>

• The African Company Presents Richard III

  published April 26, 2000

  Songs about songs and novels about novels generally uncolor the atmosphere. Films about films and, even more so, plays about plays can delight and... More >>

• Resident Alien

  published April 12, 2000

  The West End Players Guild opened a production of Stuart Spencer's comedy Resident Alien last weekend at Union Avenue Christian Church.... More >>

• Criminal Hearts

  published March 22, 2000

  HotHouse Theatre's newest production, a slick and witty presentation of Criminal Hearts, a play by Jane Martin (whoever s/he is), opened... More >>

• Albert Herring

  published March 22, 2000

  The public-television broadcast of its production of Benjamin Britten's 1947 comic opera Albert Herring is what put Opera Theatre of St.... More >>

• Isn't It Romantic?

  published March 15, 2000

  The Kirkwood Theatre Guild opened Wendy Wasserstein's somewhat tiresome, rather predictable play Isn't It Romantic? last Friday and will... More >>

• On the Move

  published March 8, 2000

  Mid America Dance Company's late-winter concert, in the past called Company Works, has traditionally given Madco's dancers a chance to show... More >>

• Detective Story

  published March 8, 2000

  When it was first presented, almost exactly 51 years ago, Sidney Kingsley's melodrama Detective Story was considered terribly realistic and... More >>

• The School for Scandal

  published March 1, 2000

  The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University opened an admirable production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1777 comedy The School for... More >>

• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

  published March 1, 2000

  There are two kinds of brilliance. Most noticeable is the sparkling kind -- but whether it's rhinestones or diamonds can be hard to figure.... More >>

• Ain't Misbehavin'

  published February 23, 2000

  Ain't Misbehavin', a review of songs composed or made famous by Fats Waller, ruthlessly arranged by Luther Henderson, Jeffery Gutcheon,... More >>

• Weaving the World Through The Eyes of Women

  published February 23, 2000

  Most St. Louis dance concerts are two-evening affairs. Weaving the World through the Eyes of Women, in contrast, has already had three... More >>

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  published February 16, 2000

  Edward Albee's deep black comedy Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the Rep's production of which opened last weekend, is one of the most... More >>

• ONEGIN

  published February 2, 2000

  The celebrated Stuttgart Ballet danced John Cranko's celebrated Onegin last weekend at the Fox Theatre. It is a handsome production, with... More >>

• WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY DANCE THEATRE

  published February 2, 2000

  Last weekend in Edison Theatre, the Washington University Dance Theatre performed at a level one scarcely expects of dancers who are primarily... More >>